This website has very good functionality and can direct practitioners to research studies, programs or books that have evidence base behind them. Excellent resource.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
ALCOHOL ABUSE AND PARENTS
Wishes and Worries by Centre for Addiction
ANXIETY
The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook for Kids: Help for Children to Cope with Stress, Anxiety & Transitionsby Lawrence E. (2009)
The Worry Tree by Marianne Musgrove
The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens: Mindfulness Skills to Help You Deal with Stress (2009) by Gina M. Biegel
The Invisible String by Patrice Kast (separation anxiety)
The Huge Bag of Worries by Virginia Ironside (generalised anxiety)
You've Got Dragons by Katherine Cave (generalised anxiety)
COUNSELLING Counselling Adolescents: The Proactive Approach for Young People 3rd Edition (2013) by Kathryn Geldard & David Geldard
DBT The Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation and Distress Tolerance (2007) by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, & Jeffrey Brantley
FEELINGS
Anger Management Games for Children by Deborah M. Plummer
Feelings: Angry, Jealous by Janine Amos
Feeling: Angry, Sad, Loved, Happy, Jealous, Scared by Tracey Moroney
Why Do I Have To? A book for children who find themselves frustrated by everyday rules by Laurie Leventhal-Belfer
The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
FRIENDS
Good Friends: Don’t Say That by Janine Amos
Good Friends: It’s Mine by Janine Amos
PARENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS
"Wishing Wellness A Workbook for Children of Parents with Mental Illness" by Lisa Anne Clarke
Working Together to Support Disabled Parents by Jenny Morris and Michele Wates: Social Care Institute for Excellence, UK
Wishing Wellness: A workbook for children of parents with mental illness (U.S.A)by Clarke
The Wise Mouse by Virginia Ironside
Why are you so sad? (USA) by Beth Andrews
Understanding & Coping with Schizophrenia by Dr. Ken Alexander
Understanding Mental Illness by Julie Tallard Johnson
Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry by Campbell, Bebe Moore
Someone In My Family Has a Mental Illness by Lyne Brindamour and The Family Services of the North Shore, B.C. - a workbook designed to be used with children by counsellors, mental health practitioners and other professionals in the community.
SPECIAL NEEDS
The Red Beast: Controlling anger in children with Asperger’s Syndrome by K.I. Al-Ghani
Autistic Planet by Jennifer Elder
Children with Disabilities by Mark L. Batshaw (2007, 6th Ed.)
SOCIAL SKILLS
Caring for Myself: A social Skills Storybook by Christy Gast and Jane Krug
The Social Skills Picture Book: Teaching play, emotion and communication in children with autism by Jed Baker (also available for high school children)
Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs by Darlene Mannix
Easy Activities for Building Social Skills:By Nancy Jolson Leber
The New Social Story Book, Revised and Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories that Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, and their Peersby Carol Gray (2010)
PARENTING BOOKS
Every Parent: A positive approach to children’s behaviour by Matthew R. Sanders
Our trained parenting consultants offer information, advice, support and a referral service to parents and families with children up to 18 years. We can also link families with local support organisations, self-help groups and provide information on courses.
T: (08) 6279 1200 Country Freecall: 1800 654 432
Parenting WA Line
Our free 24/7 telephone service for information and advice on any parenting matter.
T: (08) 6279 1200 Country Freecall:1800 654 432
Parenting WA Library
Our free parenting library service for parents and families throughout the State.
T: (08) 6279 1223 Country Freecall: 1800 686 155
SUICIDE
How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention by Susan Rose Blauner Published: 2003 Self-help How I Stayed Alive… is like a Fodor’s guide that gets you from the depths of the hell of depression to the paradise of a balanced life.
Suicide by Emile Durkheim Published: 2002 There would be no need for sociology if everyone understood the social frameworks within which we operate. That we do have a connection to the larger picture is largely thanks to the pioneering thinker mile Durkheim. He recognized that, if anything can explain how we as individuals relate to society, then it is suicide: Why does it happen? What goes wrong? Why is it more common in some places than others? In seeking answers to these questions, Durkheim wrote a work that has fascinated, challenged and informed its readers for over a hundred years. Far-sighted and trail-blazing in its conclusions, Suicide makes an immense contribution to our understanding to what must surely be one of the least understandable of acts.
The Savage God - A study of suicide by Al Alvarez Published: 2002 A beautifully written book, full of poetic truths. It adds a new dimension to the perspective of suicide
WEBSITES
EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH
Institute of Education Sciences - What Works Clearing House
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
ALCOHOL ABUSE AND PARENTS
Wishes and Worries by Centre for Addiction
ANXIETY
The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook for Kids: Help for Children to Cope with Stress, Anxiety & Transitions by Lawrence E. (2009)
The Worry Tree by Marianne Musgrove
The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens: Mindfulness Skills to Help You Deal with Stress (2009) by Gina M. Biegel
The Invisible String by Patrice Kast (separation anxiety)
The Huge Bag of Worries by Virginia Ironside (generalised anxiety)
You've Got Dragons by Katherine Cave (generalised anxiety)
COUNSELLING
Counselling Adolescents: The Proactive Approach for Young People 3rd Edition (2013) by Kathryn Geldard & David Geldard
DBT
The Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation and Distress Tolerance (2007) by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, & Jeffrey Brantley
FEELINGS
Anger Management Games for Children by Deborah M. Plummer
Feelings: Angry, Jealous by Janine Amos
Feeling: Angry, Sad, Loved, Happy, Jealous, Scared by Tracey Moroney
Why Do I Have To? A book for children who find themselves frustrated by everyday rules by Laurie Leventhal-Belfer
The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
FRIENDS
Good Friends: Don’t Say That by Janine Amos
Good Friends: It’s Mine by Janine Amos
PARENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS
"Wishing Wellness A Workbook for Children of Parents with Mental Illness" by Lisa Anne Clarke
Working Together to Support Disabled Parents by Jenny Morris and Michele Wates: Social Care Institute for Excellence, UK
Wishing Wellness: A workbook for children of parents with mental illness (U.S.A) by Clarke
The Wise Mouse by Virginia Ironside
Why are you so sad? (USA) by Beth Andrews
Understanding & Coping with Schizophrenia by Dr. Ken Alexander
Understanding Mental Illness by Julie Tallard Johnson
Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry by Campbell, Bebe Moore
Someone In My Family Has a Mental Illness by Lyne Brindamour and The Family Services of the North Shore, B.C. - a workbook designed to be used with children by counsellors, mental health practitioners and other professionals in the community.
SPECIAL NEEDS
The Red Beast: Controlling anger in children with Asperger’s Syndrome by K.I. Al-Ghani
Autistic Planet by Jennifer Elder
Children with Disabilities by Mark L. Batshaw (2007, 6th Ed.)
SOCIAL SKILLS
Caring for Myself: A social Skills Storybook by Christy Gast and Jane Krug
The Social Skills Picture Book: Teaching play, emotion and communication in children with autism by Jed Baker (also available for high school children)
Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs by Darlene Mannix
Easy Activities for Building Social Skills:By Nancy Jolson Leber
The New Social Story Book, Revised and Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition: Over 150 Social Stories that Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, and their Peersby Carol Gray (2010)
PARENTING BOOKS
Every Parent: A positive approach to children’s behaviour by Matthew R. Sanders
Tricky Kids by Andrew Fuller (website: www.andrewfuller.com.au )
From Surviving to Thriving by Andrew Fuller
Parenting WA Website (Department of Communities WA)
http://www.communities.wa.gov.au/childrenandfamilies/parentingwa/Pages/ParentingWALibrary.aspx
SEPARATION
Relationships Australia
Parenting WA
Our trained parenting consultants offer information, advice, support and a referral service to parents and families with children up to 18 years. We can also link families with local support organisations, self-help groups and provide information on courses.
T: (08) 6279 1200
Country Freecall: 1800 654 432
Parenting WA Line
Our free 24/7 telephone service for information and advice on any parenting matter.
T: (08) 6279 1200
Country Freecall:1800 654 432
Parenting WA Library
Our free parenting library service for parents and families throughout the State.
T: (08) 6279 1223
Country Freecall: 1800 686 155
SUICIDE
How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention by Susan Rose Blauner Published: 2003
Self-help How I Stayed Alive… is like a Fodor’s guide that gets you from the depths of the hell of depression to the paradise of a balanced life.
Suicide by Emile Durkheim Published: 2002
There would be no need for sociology if everyone understood the social frameworks within which we operate. That we do have a connection to the larger picture is largely thanks to the pioneering thinker mile Durkheim. He recognized that, if anything can explain how we as individuals relate to society, then it is suicide: Why does it happen? What goes wrong? Why is it more common in some places than others? In seeking answers to these questions, Durkheim wrote a work that has fascinated, challenged and informed its readers for over a hundred years. Far-sighted and trail-blazing in its conclusions, Suicide makes an immense contribution to our understanding to what must surely be one of the least understandable of acts.
The Savage God - A study of suicide by Al Alvarez Published: 2002
A beautifully written book, full of poetic truths. It adds a new dimension to the perspective of suicide